Michał Patycki is a Polish visual artist, currently based in Prague, Czechia. Having completed his degrees in Photography at Institute of Creative Photography in Opava (CZ) and Slavic Philology at the Silesian University in Katowice (PL), he continues to pursue his work with the medium of photography, producing a new reality that he documents using the camera.
In his artistic practice, he often reaches for new solutions, not only in the field of photography, but also in other visual art forms. Photography gives him the opportunity to approach a reality that is unknown to him, which he can work through with the resulting image.
The strength of his work comes first and foremost from its authenticity; each subject is worked through in-depth with extensive research and the search for a suitable method for self-expression using the medium of photography.
He often works with archives and stories that may or may not have happened at all.
Exhibitions
2023 – Group exhibition and auction – Basement Project – Olomouc
2023 – Group exhibition Inside – 33rd year of the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava at the Open Gallery in Bratislava as part of the Month of Photography.
2023 – Solo exhibition – The Sun – curator Jakub Frank – part of the intenational programme Academia Film Olomouc – FALLOUT SHELTER OLOMOUC
2023 – Group exhibition – June – Past & Present, a collaborative weekend-long celebration of Der Grief 15th anniversary in Pavillon 333 at Pinakothek Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Raum- und Kulturarbeit
2022 – Solo exhibition – See how these memories affect your water – Letní kino Olomouc, Czech Republic
2022 – Artist-in-residence exhibition – Welcome to the new beginnings of everything – Galerie XY, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2019 – Group exhibition – The Sun – winners from ShowOFF section Kraków Photomonth, Poland
2020 – Solo exhibition – The Sun – Centre of Contemporary Art Kronika, Bytom, Poland
2019 – Group student exhibition from ITF (Institute of Creative Photography) – The Sun – Silesian Museum, Katowice, Poland
Awards/Residencies
Art Residency – June 2023 – Tindaya – Casa La Paz – Fuerteventura, Spain
Futures Talent 2023 – nominated by FOTOGRAF magazine – FUTURES is a platform to increase the capacity, mobility and visibility of it’s selected artists and to bridge the gap between emerging and established artists.
https://www.futures-photography.com
Art Residency – June 2022 – Galerie XY – Olomouc, Czech Republic.
May 2021 – Fotograf Open Call 2021 – Selected as 1 of 2 winners project for publication in Fotograf's magazine.
May 2019 – ShowOFF Section at Krakow Photomonth
– Selected as 1 of the 8 winners at ShowOFF Section
at Krakow Photomonth.